CARGO THIEVES
TWELVE MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT. (Per Press Association). NAPIER, March 26. Patrick Burke (storeman), Peter Fisher (fireman), and John Edminson (donkey-man) were charged at the Magistrate’s Court to-day with stealing from the Atua, at the Breakwater wharf, five raincoats, four pairs of men’s trousers, one boy’s suit, four rugs, and seven dozen men’s collars. The chief officer said he caught the men fed-handed. Seven cases had been interfered with. Accused all admitted the theft, and were sentenced to twelve months.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18974, 27 March 1924, Page 5
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80CARGO THIEVES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18974, 27 March 1924, Page 5
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